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In “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, Scout Finch was the main character and the narrator of the story. She was an extremely curious young girl and definitely did not allow people to push her around. Scout was outspoken and rambunctious. Her real name was Jean Louise Finch, but always went by the name Scout. She learned many lessons from people in her town, whether it had been through personal conflicts or watching bad things happen to other people. It all started when she met Mrs. Caroline. Scout and Mrs. Caroline could not see eye to eye with each other. Mrs. Caroline would always get frustrated with Scout. Scout would not intentionally try to irritate Mrs. Caroline but it seemed like everything she did upset her. Scout was telling Mrs. Caroline about something Atticus told her and her sisters and Mrs. Caroline responded, “Let’s not let our imaginations run away with us, dear” (Lee 19). Mrs. Caroline never believed anything Scout had to say because of her wild imagination. One …show more content…

Atticus told Scout and her siblings to stay home and not go to the trial but they did not listen to their father. Scout came to the trail anyways and watched as Tom Robinson was accused of beating and raping Mayella Ewell. While Mayella was being asked questions, she was asked repeatedly for her side of the story and if Mr. Robinson had been the man who had done these horrible things to her. She had each time said it was him and would look to her father to confirm her story. When Atticus confirmed what side, she was hit on he then proved that there was no way that Tom Robinson could have been the man who did all of these things to Mayella Ewell. Scout said, “His left arm was fully twelve inches shorter than his right, and hung dead at his side” (Lee 211). The way Mayella was hit she could only have been beat by someone who was left handed and Tom could not even use his left

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During the trial of Tom Robinson, for being accused of raping a white women. Some people in the town turned their backs on Atticus for taken the case. Atticus took the case and has proven that Tom is innocent but as Atticus knows since Tom is a “Black Male” that he would never be treated fairly. When the closing argument comes about, Atticus tells the people on the jury that they need to look past Tom being “Black Man” and see him and treat him just as a regular man. Atticus is trying to have them do the right thing instead of listening to the town and doing the wrong thing.

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Mayella’s father named Mr.Ewell is not received by the time Atticus attitude in court, despite the problems it has ended with the death of Tom, still do not receive even avenge secretly to Atticus, even his family, Judge Taylor, and Tom 's wife. Mr.Ewell ever spit on Atticus’s face and made Scout and Jem must restrain their anger. All of these problems end with death Mr.Ewell. He fell and impaled by a knife clutched himself to kill Jem and Scout. When it jem injured, still in his costume Scout survived a puncture in the dark.

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In the very beginning of the book, Scout doesn’t want to go to school anymore because she had a fight with the teacher, Miss Caroline. Atticus says to Scout that she will never “really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view … until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” This helps Scout to see that Miss Caroline made a simple mistake, and it should not be held against her.

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Scout is a very outspoken girl throughout the book. This is obvious to see in (lee 112) “ she called me a whore lady and jumped on me, is that true scout, said uncle jack. I reckson so.” Scout is in trouble she does not care she still chooses to smart off. Another way

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A mockingbird is a harmless songbird that offers only its beautiful voice. To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming of age novel written by Harper Lee. This story took place in a small rural town called Maycomb County, in the 1930’s where everyone knew each other and all the townspeople were infected by a disease called gossip. This gossip harmed the “mockingbirds”, because all of them were “shot down” physically and metaphorically. Harper Lee implied that there were distinct characteristics that parallel mockingbirds.

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To Kill a Mockingbird is full of heart wrenching and painful moments that shaped and defined each and every inhabitant of Maycomb, Alabama. Atticus Finch, the father of the main protagonist, once said, "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it," (Lee 51). This was a lesson he taught to Scout, the narrator and main protagonist of the story. Scout never fully grasps the idea of this concept until the very end of the story, but throughout the story she exhibits this lesson and is empathetic without even knowing it. No character felt others emotions quite like Scout, even if it was right away, a little while after, or even the whole book.

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With that being said, her appearance matches her personality to a T. Her big personality and even what she wore started causing problems when she started school. Scout hates school because in many ways it actually inhibits her learning. Her teacher is appalled that she already knows how to read, but instead of celebrating that fact, Ms.Caroline shames Scout for it. But Scout quickly becomes bored waiting for the rest of the class to catch up to her skill level, and she doesn't have more than a passing respect for either of the teachers she describes in the story. The most sympathy she can have towards Miss Caroline is to remark "Had her conduct been more friendly toward me, I would have felt sorry for her."

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Mrs. Caroline had a "new" way teaching that year and Scout being more advanced, didn't follow that "new" way of teaching. Mrs. Caroline's way was probably to have everyone on same track. No one behind and no one ahead. It's probably easiest to teach that way. Mrs. Caroline then tells Scout that her father has to stop teaching her but, Scout takes it as an insult.

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Everybody wants power. People with no power want to obtain it, and people with a lot of power want to keep it. In Harper Lees book To Kill A Mockingbird power means to consider the amount of control a person has over his or hers own life as well as the lives of others. The novel is set in a fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930’s. This novel is mainly focused on the rape trail, between, Tom Robinson, a black man, and Mayella Ewell, a white woman.

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When Atticus first takes the case, he was judged harshly and insulted with such cruelty, Scout heard what people said and she herself, failing to understand, began to judge her father as well. Atticus, realizing that she was just a child and didn’t know what she was talking about, taught her one of the most important lessons in life. Not to judge someone without “walking in their shoes.” (Lee page number). Despite Atticus’ effort, Tom is still unfortunately falsely accused of raping Mayella Ewell.

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Atticus proves to the whole town that there was no way that Tom Robinson could have beaten Mayella. Mayella’s dad, Bob Ewell, begins to become enraged with Atticus and Miss Stephanie tells Scout and Jem, “this morning Mr. Bob Ewell stopped Atticus on the post office corner, spat in his face...” Bob Ewell had made sure that Mayella prosecutes Tom Robinson instead of himself, this lead to the false conviction. Bob Ewell’s lack of morals advanced him to spit on Atticus due to Atticus destroying what credibility he had left. The trial of Tom Robinson, had shown what characters’ real morals are in a time of

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At the first of the novel Scout is a bit of a tomboy and is determined to show people her point of view. When Scout started school, she was having a difficult time, because her teacher did not understand the ways of their town, Maycomb County. However, this did not stop Scout from trying to explain to Miss Caroline the ways of the people in Maycomb. “ I thought I had made things

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Jean Louise Finch ‘Scout’ is a headstrong young girl who narrates the novel ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’, set in the fictitious County Maycomb over the span of three years. She is often found sporting dirty overalls or breeches and possesses a rather tomboyish personality, much to her aunt’s dismay. It says, “Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire... When I said I could do nothing in a dress, she said I wasn’t supposed to be doing things that required pants. ”(Page 90)

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Kellman states, “It is all right to run up to the porch of a recluse, as a game; it is all right to rub a poor boy’s nose in the schoolyard dirt; it is all right to make a snowman in the image of a neighbor; and it is all right to make fun of crabby old ladies” (1472). All of these actions are just every day, normal things in Scout’s eyes. Believing that there is nothing wrong with treating others this way, she continues to do these things. One day, she finally realizes that she cannot treat others that way. Realizing this begins to show that she is maturing.

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